# Incident 19991021042279I: Beech 58, Freeport, IL, October 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1999, 07:15 local time
- Place: Freeport, IL
- Airport: Ronald K Dornink Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2890° N, 89.6343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2890&lon=-89.6343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4108S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4108S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991021042279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)THE PILOT EXECUTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT DORNINICK FIELD (C86) A GRASS RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND DRIFTED TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN IN THE ROUGH AREA ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY IN AN ALFALFA FIELD.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BENT INWARD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, BOTH PROPLELLER BLADES WERE BENT.  THE AIRCRAFT ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4108S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960124000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960124000919A), Jan 24, 1996: Beech 58 (N4108S), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Was taxiing to park and ran into a parked leak jet. (.4)the pilot was taxiing onto a parking ramp when his airplane collided with a parked airplane. The pilot…
- [Incident 19880425018289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880425018289I), Apr 25, 1988: Beech 58 (N4108S), Gainesville, TX. Power lost in right engine. Engine shut down. Found right hand engine mixture cable control assembly broken.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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